82_FR_61265 82 FR 61019 - Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Moving to Work Research Advisory Committee

82 FR 61019 - Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Moving to Work Research Advisory Committee

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 246 (December 26, 2017)

Page Range61019-61020
FR Document2017-27766

This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda for a meeting of the Moving to Work (MTW) Research Advisory Committee (Committee). The Committee meeting will be held via conference call on Thursday, January 25, 2018. The meeting is open to the public and is accessible to individuals with disabilities.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5932-N-07]


Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Moving to Work 
Research Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development 
and Research, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of a federal advisory committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda for a 
meeting of the Moving to Work (MTW) Research Advisory Committee 
(Committee). The Committee meeting will be held via conference call on 
Thursday, January 25, 2018. The meeting is open to the public and is 
accessible to individuals with disabilities.

DATES: The teleconference meeting will be held on January 25, 2018 from 
1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eva Fontheim, Office of Public and 
Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Room 4130, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-3461 
(this is not a toll-free number). Persons who have difficulty hearing 
or speaking may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free 
Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339 or can email: 
MTWAdvisoryCommittee@hud.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is provided in 
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 
10(a)(2). The Committee was established on May 2, 2016, to advise HUD 
on specific policy proposals and methods of research and evaluation 
related to the expansion of the MTW demonstration to an additional 100 
Public Housing Authorities (PHAs). See 81 FR 24630. On July 26 and 28, 
2016, HUD convened two conference call meetings of the Committee, a 
two-day in-person meeting on September 1 and 2, 2016, followed up by 
conference call meeting on December 13, 2016. The minutes of these 
meetings are available on the HUD website at: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/public_indian_housing/programs/ph/mtw/expansion.
    HUD is now convening a 2.5-hour conference call to explore the 
possibility of adding an additional cohort policy study. HUD will 
convene the meeting on Thursday, January 25, 2018 via teleconference 
from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EST). The agenda for the meeting is as 
follows:

Thursday, January 25, 2018, From 1-3:30 p.m. EST

I. Welcome and Introductions
II. Summary of July, September, December Meetings
    a. Revisit Guiding Principles
    b. Confirm Committee Recommendations
III. Goal for this Meeting
    a. Discuss and provide recommendations on whether HUD should study 
through the MTW expansion, the appropriate amount of Federal subsidy in 
the tenant-based program that balances both the impact on assisted 
families/housing quality, and the cost to Federal taxpayers
    b. Revisit Rent Reform Cohort Recommendation
IV. Policy Framework and Research Methodology--MTW Statutory Objective 
#1: Reduce Cost and Achieve Greater Cost-Effectiveness in Federal 
Expenditures
    a. Appropriate Federal subsidy in the tenant-based program
V. BREAK
VI. Revisit Rent Reform Cohort Recommendation
VII. Update on the MTW Expansion
VIII. Public Input
IX. Summary of Discussion
X. Discuss Next Steps and Adjourn

    The public is invited to call-in to the meeting by using the 
following Conference Toll-Free Number in the United States: 1-800-230-
1059 or the following International number for those outside the United 
States: (612) 234-9960. Please be advised that the operator will ask 
callers to provide their names and their organizational affiliations 
(if any) prior to placing callers into the conference line. Callers can 
expect to incur charges for calls they initiate over wireless lines and 
for international calls, and HUD will not refund any incurred charges. 
Callers will incur no charge for calls they initiate over land-line 
connections to the toll-free phone number. Persons with hearing 
impairments may also follow the discussion by first calling the Federal 
Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 and providing the FRS operator 
with the Conference Call Toll-Free Number: 1-800-230-1059.
    Members of the public will have an opportunity to provide feedback 
during the call. The total amount of time for such feedback will be 
limited to ensure pertinent Committee business is completed. Further, 
the amount of time allotted to each individual commenter will be 
limited and will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis by 
HUD. If the number of commenters exceeds the available time, HUD may 
ask for the submission of comments via email.
    Records and documents discussed during the meeting, as well as 
other information about the work of this Committee, will be available 
for public viewing as they become available at: http://www.facadatabase.gov/committee/committee.aspx?t=c&cid=2570&aid=77 by 
clicking on the ``Committee Meetings'' link. These materials will also 
be available on the MTW Demonstration's expansion web page at: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/public_indian_housing/programs/ph/mtw/expansion. Records generated from 
this meeting may also be inspected and reproduced at the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Headquarters in Washington, DC, as they 
become available, both before and after the meeting.
    Outside of the work of this Committee, information about HUD's 
broader implementation of the MTW expansion, as well as additional 
opportunities for public input, can be

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found on the MTW Demonstration's expansion web page at: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/public_indian_housing/programs/ph/mtw/expansion.

    Dated: December 14, 2017.
Dominique Blom,
General Deputy Assistant, Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
Todd Richardson,
Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research.
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                                               interest waiver requests and to finalize                Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW,                 VI. Revisit Rent Reform Cohort
                                               the request for adjustment to lawful                    Room 4130, Washington, DC 20410,                            Recommendation
                                               permanent resident status.                              telephone (202) 402–3461 (this is not a               VII. Update on the MTW Expansion
                                                 (5) An estimate of the total number of                toll-free number). Persons who have                   VIII. Public Input
                                               respondents and the amount of time                      difficulty hearing or speaking may                    IX. Summary of Discussion
                                               estimated for an average respondent to                  access this number via TTY by calling                 X. Discuss Next Steps and Adjourn
                                               respond: The estimated number of                        the toll-free Federal Relay Service at                   The public is invited to call-in to the
                                               respondents for the information                         (800) 877–8339 or can email:                          meeting by using the following
                                               collection is 8,000 and the estimated                   MTWAdvisoryCommittee@hud.gov.                         Conference Toll-Free Number in the
                                               hour burden per response is 1 hour.                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of                  United States: 1–800–230–1059 or the
                                                 (6) An estimate of the total public                   this meeting is provided in accordance                following International number for
                                               burden (in hours) associated with the                   with the Federal Advisory Committee                   those outside the United States: (612)
                                               collection: The total estimated annual                  Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 10(a)(2). The                      234–9960. Please be advised that the
                                               hour burden associated with this                        Committee was established on May 2,                   operator will ask callers to provide their
                                               collection is 16,000 hours.                             2016, to advise HUD on specific policy                names and their organizational
                                                 (7) An estimate of the total public                                                                         affiliations (if any) prior to placing
                                                                                                       proposals and methods of research and
                                               burden (in cost) associated with the                                                                          callers into the conference line. Callers
                                                                                                       evaluation related to the expansion of
                                               collection: The estimated total annual                                                                        can expect to incur charges for calls
                                                                                                       the MTW demonstration to an
                                               cost burden associated with this                                                                              they initiate over wireless lines and for
                                                                                                       additional 100 Public Housing
                                               collection of information is $0. Costs for                                                                    international calls, and HUD will not
                                                                                                       Authorities (PHAs). See 81 FR 24630.
                                               this collection of information are                                                                            refund any incurred charges. Callers
                                                                                                       On July 26 and 28, 2016, HUD convened
                                               included in those reported for USCIS                                                                          will incur no charge for calls they
                                                                                                       two conference call meetings of the
                                               Form I–485 (OMB Control Number                                                                                initiate over land-line connections to
                                                                                                       Committee, a two-day in-person meeting
                                               1615–0023) and USCIS Form I–140                                                                               the toll-free phone number. Persons
                                                                                                       on September 1 and 2, 2016, followed
                                               (OMB Control Number 1615–0015).                                                                               with hearing impairments may also
                                                                                                       up by conference call meeting on
                                                 Dated: December 19, 2017.                             December 13, 2016. The minutes of                     follow the discussion by first calling the
                                               Samantha Deshommes,                                     these meetings are available on the HUD               Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–
                                               Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division,                website at: http://portal.hud.gov/                    877–8339 and providing the FRS
                                               Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship         hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/                   operator with the Conference Call Toll-
                                               and Immigration Services, Department of                 public_indian_housing/programs/ph/                    Free Number: 1–800–230–1059.
                                               Homeland Security.                                      mtw/expansion.                                           Members of the public will have an
                                               [FR Doc. 2017–27660 Filed 12–22–17; 8:45 am]               HUD is now convening a 2.5-hour                    opportunity to provide feedback during
                                               BILLING CODE 9111–97–P                                  conference call to explore the possibility            the call. The total amount of time for
                                                                                                       of adding an additional cohort policy                 such feedback will be limited to ensure
                                                                                                       study. HUD will convene the meeting                   pertinent Committee business is
                                               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND                               on Thursday, January 25, 2018 via                     completed. Further, the amount of time
                                               URBAN DEVELOPMENT                                       teleconference from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30                 allotted to each individual commenter
                                                                                                       p.m. (EST). The agenda for the meeting                will be limited and will be allocated on
                                               [Docket No. FR–5932–N–07]
                                                                                                       is as follows:                                        a first-come first-served basis by HUD.
                                               Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting                                                                           If the number of commenters exceeds
                                                                                                       Thursday, January 25, 2018, From
                                               of the Moving to Work Research                                                                                the available time, HUD may ask for the
                                                                                                       1–3:30 p.m. EST
                                               Advisory Committee                                                                                            submission of comments via email.
                                                                                                       I. Welcome and Introductions                             Records and documents discussed
                                               AGENCY:  Office of the Assistant                        II. Summary of July, September,                       during the meeting, as well as other
                                               Secretary for Public and Indian                               December Meetings                               information about the work of this
                                               Housing, and Office of the Assistant                       a. Revisit Guiding Principles                      Committee, will be available for public
                                               Secretary for Policy Development and                       b. Confirm Committee                               viewing as they become available at:
                                               Research, HUD.                                                Recommendations                                 http://www.facadatabase.gov/
                                               ACTION: Notice of a federal advisory                    III. Goal for this Meeting                            committee/committee.aspx?t=c&cid=
                                               committee meeting.                                         a. Discuss and provide                             2570&aid=77 by clicking on the
                                                                                                             recommendations on whether HUD                  ‘‘Committee Meetings’’ link. These
                                               SUMMARY:   This notice sets forth the                         should study through the MTW                    materials will also be available on the
                                               schedule and proposed agenda for a                            expansion, the appropriate amount               MTW Demonstration’s expansion web
                                               meeting of the Moving to Work (MTW)                           of Federal subsidy in the tenant-               page at: http://portal.hud.gov/
                                               Research Advisory Committee                                   based program that balances both                hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/
                                               (Committee). The Committee meeting                            the impact on assisted families/                public_indian_housing/programs/ph/
                                               will be held via conference call on                           housing quality, and the cost to                mtw/expansion. Records generated from
                                               Thursday, January 25, 2018. The                               Federal taxpayers                               this meeting may also be inspected and
                                               meeting is open to the public and is                       b. Revisit Rent Reform Cohort                      reproduced at the Department of
                                               accessible to individuals with                                Recommendation                                  Housing and Urban Development
                                               disabilities.                                           IV. Policy Framework and Research                     Headquarters in Washington, DC, as
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                                               DATES: The teleconference meeting will                        Methodology—MTW Statutory                       they become available, both before and
                                               be held on January 25, 2018 from 1:00                         Objective #1: Reduce Cost and                   after the meeting.
                                               p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time                       Achieve Greater Cost-Effectiveness                 Outside of the work of this
                                               (EST).                                                        in Federal Expenditures                         Committee, information about HUD’s
                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eva                       a. Appropriate Federal subsidy in the              broader implementation of the MTW
                                               Fontheim, Office of Public and Indian                         tenant-based program                            expansion, as well as additional
                                               Housing, Department of Housing and                      V. BREAK                                              opportunities for public input, can be


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                                               found on the MTW Demonstration’s                        DATES:   January 25, 2018.                               Researchers will collect program-level
                                               expansion web page at: http://                          ADDRESSES:    Interested persons are                  data from Continuums of Care (CoCs)
                                               portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/                      invited to submit comments regarding                  and RRH programs via a web-based
                                               program_offices/public_indian_                          this notice to the Rules Docket Clerk,                survey and will subsequently collect
                                               housing/programs/ph/mtw/expansion.                      Office of General Counsel, Department                 further data through in-depth telephone
                                                 Dated: December 14, 2017.                             of Housing and Urban Development,                     interviews with several RRH programs.
                                               Dominique Blom,                                         451 Seventh Street SW, Room 10276,                    This data will be analyzed by Abt
                                                                                                       Washington, DC 20410. Comments may                    Associates and reported to HUD in a
                                               General Deputy Assistant, Secretary for Public
                                               and Indian Housing.                                     be filed electronically by accessing:                 final report. Abt study staff will conduct
                                                                                                       www.regulations.gov. Regulations.gov                  in-person interviews and meetings with
                                               Todd Richardson,
                                                                                                       provides clear instructions on how to                 16 RRH program participants. Data from
                                               Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary                                                                     these meetings will be collected via
                                               for Policy Development and Research.                    submit a public comment on a rule.
                                                                                                       Communications should refer to the                    electronic recordings and paper
                                               [FR Doc. 2017–27766 Filed 12–22–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                       above docket number and title. Faxed                  protocols, and analyzed and reported by
                                               BILLING CODE 4210–67–P                                                                                        the researchers in the final report to
                                                                                                       comments are not accepted. A copy of
                                                                                                       each communication submitted will be                  HUD. All data will be de-identified for
                                                                                                       available for public inspection and                   reporting purposes, so no person or
                                               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
                                                                                                       copying between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.                     program will be able to be identified in
                                               URBAN DEVELOPMENT
                                                                                                       weekdays at the above address.                        the final published study.
                                               [Docket No. FR–6009–N–06]                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
                                                                                                                                                                This study has undergone
                                                                                                       general questions please contact: The                 Institutional Review Board (IRB) and
                                               Privacy Act of 1974; System of                                                                                Information Security reviews to identify
                                                                                                       Privacy Office, 451 Seventh Street SW,
                                               Records: Understanding Rapid Re-                                                                              privacy risks, compliance, and legal
                                                                                                       Room 10139, Washington, DC 20410,
                                               Housing Study                                                                                                 risks to HUD.
                                                                                                       telephone number 202–708–3054.
                                                                                                       Individuals who are hearing- and                         Consistent with HUD’s information-
                                               AGENCY:  Office of Policy Development
                                                                                                       speech-impaired may access this                       sharing mission, information stored in
                                               and Research, HUD.
                                                                                                       number via TTY by calling the Federal                 the HUD/Understanding Rapid Re-
                                               ACTION: Notice of a new system of                                                                             housing system may be shared with
                                               records.                                                Relay Service at 800–877–8339 (this is
                                                                                                       a toll-free number).                                  other HUD components that have a need
                                               SUMMARY:   For the Understanding Rapid                                                                        to know the information to carry out
                                                                                                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                               Re-housing Study, the Department of                                                                           their national security, law enforcement,
                                               Housing and Urban Development’s                         I. Background                                         immigration, intelligence, or other
                                               (HUD) Office of Policy Development                                                                            homeland security functions. In
                                                                                                          In accordance with the Privacy Act of
                                               and Research (PD&R) is partnering with                                                                        addition, information may be shared
                                                                                                       1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, HUD/PD&R
                                               an external research team to collect new                                                                      with appropriate federal, state, local,
                                                                                                       proposes to establish a new HUD system
                                               data to analyze the current status of the                                                                     tribal, territorial, foreign, or
                                                                                                       of records titled ‘‘HUD/Understanding
                                               rapid re-housing (RRH) programs and                                                                           international government agencies
                                                                                                       Rapid Re-housing.’’
                                               the experiences of RRH participants.                       The new system—the Understanding                   consistent with the routine uses set
                                               The project will provide HUD with a                     Rapid Re-housing study—is not                         forth in this system of records notice.
                                               deeper understanding of how RRH                         required by a new rulemaking being                    SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
                                               programs operate and the experiences of                 published.                                              HUD/Understanding Rapid Re-
                                               households that use them. The                              The Understanding Rapid Re-housing                 housing—
                                               Understanding Rapid Re-housing Study                    (RRH) Study is being conducted by Abt
                                               will synthesize existing research on                    Associates, an independent research                   SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
                                               RRH programs, extend the analysis of                    firm, under the authority of the                        Unclassified.
                                               data from the Family Options Study                      Secretary of HUD, through the Office of
                                                                                                                                                             SYSTEM LOCATION:
                                               (2016), provide a detailed examination                  Policy Development and Research. The
                                               of all rapid re-housing programs                        study is meant to undertake programs of                 Abt Associates, 4550 Montgomery
                                               nationwide, and conduct qualitative                     research, studies, testing, and                       Avenue, Suite 800 North, Bethesda, MD.
                                               research with a small sample of families                demonstration related to HUD’s mission                A list of additional contractor sites
                                               and individuals who receive RRH. The                    and programs (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et                    where records under this system are
                                               study will collect contact information                  seq.).                                                maintained is available upon request to
                                               from Continuums of Care (CoCs) for                         This study provides an opportunity to              the system manager.
                                               RRH programs, as well as personal                       address unanswered questions about                    SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
                                               information from participating RRH                      RRH assistance and to gain an                           Mindy Ault, Social Science Analyst,
                                               households.                                             understanding of the status of RRH                    Program Evaluation Division, U.S.
                                                  In accordance with the Privacy Act of                programs nationwide, as well as the                   Department of Housing and Urban
                                               1974, HUD/PD&R proposes to establish                    experiences of RRH participants. At the               Development, 451 7th St. SW, Room
                                               a new system of records titled, ‘‘HUD/                  program level, the new data collection                8120, Washington, DC 20410.
                                               Understanding Rapid Re-housing.’’ This                  and analysis will assess the current
                                               system of records allows HUD/PD&R to                    scale of RRH, document the                            AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
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                                               collect and maintain records on rapid                   predominant models in place for RRH                     The authority for the collection of the
                                               re-housing program participants who                     programs, determine the extent to which               data and the maintenance of this system
                                               volunteer to participate in the study as                programs use progressive engagement                   can be found at Sec. 501, 502, Housing
                                               well as Continuums of Care and rapid                    service approaches, and examine the                   and Urban Development Act of 1970
                                               re-housing program staff. This newly                    way RRH programs function in rental                   (Pub. L. 91–609), 12 U.S.C. 1701z–1,
                                               established system will be included in                  markets with varying costs and vacancy                1701z–2. One part of HUD’s established
                                               HUD’s inventory of systems.                             rates.                                                mission and responsibilities is to


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of a federal advisory committee meeting.
DatesThe teleconference meeting will be held on January 25, 2018 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).
ContactEva Fontheim, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 4130, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-3461 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons who have difficulty hearing or speaking may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339 or can email: [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 61019 

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